You are seeing a free-to-access but limited selection of the activity Altmetric has collected about this research output.
Click here to find out more.
X Demographics
Mendeley readers
Attention Score in Context
| Title |
Avoidance of Novelty Contributes to the Uncanny Valley
|
|---|---|
| Published in |
Frontiers in Psychology, October 2017
|
| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01792 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Kyoshiro Sasaki, Keiko Ihaya, Yuki Yamada |
| Abstract |
A hypothesis suggests that objects with a high degree of visual similarity to real humans trigger negative impressions (i.e., the uncanny valley). Previous studies have suggested that difficulty in object categorization elicits negative emotional reactions to enable the avoidance of potential threats. The present study further investigated this categorization-difficulty hypothesis. In an experiment, observers categorized morphed images of photographs and human doll faces as "photograph" or "doll" and evaluated the perceived eeriness of the images. Additionally, we asked the observers to answer questionnaires on behavioral inhibition systems (BIS). The results indicated that individual differences in the BIS score were associated with enhanced eeriness in the objects with a specific human likeness. These findings suggest that the tendency to avoid a potentially threatening novel experience contributes to promoting the perceived eeriness of objects with some degree of visual similarity to real humans. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 6 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | 2 | 33% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 17% |
| Canada | 1 | 17% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 17% |
| Unknown | 1 | 17% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 67% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 17% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 17% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 50 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 50 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 9 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 9 | 18% |
| Student > Bachelor | 3 | 6% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 6% |
| Other | 3 | 6% |
| Other | 7 | 14% |
| Unknown | 16 | 32% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 14 | 28% |
| Neuroscience | 5 | 10% |
| Computer Science | 3 | 6% |
| Decision Sciences | 3 | 6% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 4 | 8% |
| Unknown | 19 | 38% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 11. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 09 February 2024.
All research outputs
#3,382,831
of 25,345,468 outputs
Outputs from Frontiers in Psychology
#6,461
of 34,225 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#60,427
of 334,932 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Frontiers in Psychology
#174
of 607 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,345,468 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done well and is in the 86th percentile: it's in the top 25% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 34,225 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 13.2. This one has done well, scoring higher than 81% of its peers.
Older research outputs will score higher simply because they've had more time to accumulate mentions. To account for age we can compare this Altmetric Attention Score to the 334,932 tracked outputs that were published within six weeks on either side of this one in any source. This one has done well, scoring higher than 81% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 607 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 71% of its contemporaries.